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1. General contact information
1.1 Name of the organization: State Environmental Protection Administration
1.2 Acronym: SEPA
1.3 Mailing address No. 115 Nanxiaojie, Xizhimennei, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
1.4 Street address 115 Nanxiaojie, Xizhimennei
1.5 Zip code 100035
1.6 City/province code 010
1.7 Telephone number (86-10) 66154547
1.8 Fax number (86-10) 66154547
2. Contact information
2.1 Name and the title of a principal person Zang Wenchao, Engineer
2.2 Telephone number (86-10) 66153366-5812
2.3 Fax number (86-10) 66154547
2.4 E-mail address wgutichu@public.bta.net.cn
3. Responsibilities and activities
3.1 All departments/units/sections related to chemical safety:
Bureau of Pollution Control
Division of Solid Wastes and Toxic Chemicals
3.2 The major chemical safety responsibilities:
Bureau of Pollution Control
Formulate policies, laws, regulations and standards on pollution control of water, air, noise, solid wastes, hazardous chemicals and vehicle, supervise their implementation and execution;
Work out comprehensive environment control and checking systems for rural areas, draw up for rural areas comprehensive environmental control checking methods, organize their implementation, direct the establishment of comprehensive environmental control model sites in rural areas;
Organize nationwide functional zone division of water, air and noise;
Formulate the water pollution prevention plans for state major basin, acid rain control zone and sulfur dioxide control zone, and supervise their implementation and execution;
Organize and implement the system of pollutant discharge declaration and registration, pollution source control and pollutant discharge permit, and supervise their implementation;
Organize and implement system of hazardous wastes permit and registration of imported and exported hazardous chemicals, formulate the list which state limits exported wastes and list of toxic chemicals
control, and be responsible for the hazardous wastes cross-border transfer and for check and approval of the imported and exported solid wastes;
Organize supervision and management of vehicle pollution;
Be responsible for coordinating work of implementing international conventions on environmental protection , and direct the work.
Division of Solid Wastes and Toxic Chemicals
Formulate policies, laws, regulations and standards on environmental management of solid waste, hazardous wastes and toxic chemicals;
Set up a system of risk assessment and registration for toxic chemicals (including pesticide) and hazardous solid wastes, and direct their implementation;
Be responsible for the registration and management of solid wastes and hazardous wastes, and pursue the system of report list of hazardous wastes transfer;
Formulate the list which state limits imported wastes and list of priority control of toxic chemicals;
Audit and approve the imported and exported solid wastes;
Be responsible for environmental supervision and management of chemical weapon handling.
3.3 Chemical safety activities:
a. National or international projects:
Attend activities of Convention of Prior Informed Content Proceed and negotiation on Convention of lasting organic pollutant between governments.
4. Facilities or equipment
Chemicals Test Laboratory
5. Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)
5.1 Produced by your organization
Books, training materials, or booklets:
"Chemical Safety Handbook" (Vol.1 and Vol.2)5.2 Available chemical safety information sources in general
a. Databases:
Regulations on Chemical Substances First Import and Hazardous Chemical Import and Export Environment Management;
Directory of Existing Chemical Substances in China (CD-ROM version and Internet version)
The Chemical Registration Centre
1. General contact information
1.1 Name of the organization: The Chemical Registration Center of the State Environmental Protection Administration
1.2 Acronym: CRC-SEPA
1.3 Mailing address: Bei Yuan, An Wai
1.4 Street address: Beijing
1.5 Zip code: 100012
1.6 City/Province code: 010
1.7 Telephone number: (86-10) 64987375
1.8 Fax number: (86-10) 64986026
1.9 E-mail address: crc-nepa@crc-nepa.net.cn
1.10 WWW address: www.crc-nepa.net.cn
2. Contact information
2.1 Name and the title of a principal person: Yingxin Gao, Deputy director
2.2 Telephone number: (86-10) 64987256
2.3 Fax number: (86-10) 64986026
2.4 E-mail address: gaoyx@crc-nepa.net.cn
3. Responsibilities and activities
3.1 List all departments/units/sections related to chemical safety:
- Registration Division
- Information Division
- Assessment Division
- Good Laboratory Practice Laboratory
3.2 The major chemical safety responsibilities:
- Making legislation of chemical management, providing technical support and services for legislation and decision making of SEPA;
- In charge of the technology, quality assurance, supervision and management of the chemicals testing laboratories under the Good Laboratory Practice;
- Undertaking environmental management on chemical import/export;
- Carrying on international cooperation and information exchange in the field of chemical management.
3.3 Chemical safety activities:
a. National or international projects:
"Updating the organization of the National Chemical Safety Data Sheet format"
b. Research activities:
Research on technology for chemical testing
c. Consulting services:
On-line and off-line service of "Inventory of Exiting Chemical Substances in China"
4. Facilities or equipment
Chemical Test Lab of CRC-SEPA
5. Available chemical safety information sources (in Chinese and foreign languages)
5.1 Produced by the organization:
"Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China", a hard-copy,
CD -ROM version, network version5.2 Available chemical safety information sources in general:
a. Laws, regulations and standards:
- Regulations on Chemical Substances First Import and Hazardous Chemicals Import and Export Environmental Management;
- Regulation on Hazardous Chemical Substances Management;
- Regulation on Pesticide Management.
b. Encyclopedias and handbooks:
International Chemical Safety Card handbookc. Databases:
Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China
d. CD-ROM databases:
RTECS, OHMTADS, CHRIS, HSDB, IRIS, Natchem
The International Labour Organization is a United Nations specialized agency.
Updated by PAP/SUT/TRS. Approved by
BKL. Last update: 17 January 2001.